BGH122 said:
The thing that baffled me most about those pictures was that the collagist thought that a stranded cat was equatable to a mother gripping her dead child. I pity the disconnection these Americans feel for their fellow man. Their lives must feel so empty.
That's just how humans work. We refuse to understand what something truly shocking means, but are moved to tears by small details.
The death of a man is a tragedy, the death of a million is a statistic. Same thing goes for dead children and stray kittens.
And not like you'd have to go to the US to hear idiots. Visit your pub on a friday night, and ask everyone in there what they're thinking about the earthquake in Japan. Chances are you'll find at least a few with equally insulting opinions.
EDIT: doesn't mean though it isn't a tad worrisome that apparently at least these guys were more aware of Pearl Harbor than that they returned the favor in the form of two nukes.
Maybe start teaching a bit less "american" history, and a bit more history of all the other countries?
Not even counting that Pearl Harbor was a purely military operation, specifically targeting military installations, and mainly killing soldiers.